Mechanical Engineering Control

Key Words: Robotics, Mechatronics, Control, Robot Modeling/Simulation, Automobile,

CAD, CNG, PLC.

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position in Robotics, Control systems and/or Computer Aided

Design/Simulation that provides a challenging environment for technological

development.

EDUCATION

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, degree expected Sept 2010, GPA 3.46/4.0

State University of New York, Buffalo, NY

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, May 2008, GPA: 3.2/4.0

National Institute of Technology, Kozhikode, India

WORK EXPERIENCE (1 Year)

Graduate Engineering Trainee at Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Mumbai, India for a

period of 11 months from August'07 to July'08:

Complete management and payroll of 35 workers.

Management of Vehicle Emissions Testing, Road testing, wheel alignment etc.

Assisted yearly Safety and Productivity Audits (including attending safety

conference on CNG filling and safety in Mumbai in January 2008).

Creation of daily in-depth performance reports for all errors observed in final

car checks.

Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. (www.mahindra.com) is the leading manufacturer of a

complete range of motor vehicles in India.

Industrial Training at ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) Works, Baroda, India during

May-2005 working in the CNC shop, Power Transformers shop and High Voltage motors

shop.

COLLEGE AFFILIATIONS

TA for MAE340 (Systems Analysis Labs) for Spring 2009 semester (at UB).

RA under Dr. Venkat Krovi for Fall 2008 semester (at UB) while working on AnyBody

Software.

Grader for MAE593 (Mathematical Methods in Robotics) for Fall 2009 semester (at

UB).

Grader for MAE576 (Mechatronics) for Spring 2010 semester (at UB).

Currently a member of ARMLAB (Automation, Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory) at

UB.

PUBLICATIONS (4)

H. Shah, M.S., Narayanan, and V. Krovi, "CAD-Enhanced Workspace Optimization for

Parallel Manipulators: A Case Study", IEEE 2010 Conference on Automation Science

and Engineering, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 21-24, 2010.

H. Shah, S. Tripathi, L-F. Lee, and V. Krovi, "Role of Automated Symbolic

Generation of Equations of Motion in Mechanism and Robotics Education," Proceeding

of ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conference, Montreal,

Quebec, Canada, August 15-18, 2010.

H. Shah, S. Tripathi, L-F. Lee, and V. Krovi, "Role of Automated Symbolic

Generation of Equations of Motion to Enhance Robotics Education", Novel Approaches

in Robotics Education Issue of American Society for Engineering Education Journal

- 2010.

S. Tripathi, H. Shah, L-F. Lee, V. Krovi, "Role of Automated Symbolic Generation

of Plant Models in Control Education", proceeding of 3rd Annual Dynamic Systems

and Control Conference, Cambridge, MA, September 13-15, 2010.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Software: Pro-E, IDEAS, SolidWorks, Matlab, Simulink, Simmechanics,

Maplesim, Maple, Labview

Languages: Matlab, C/C++, Maple, html (basics), Assembly LANGUAGE (8051), PLC

(basics)

PROJECTS

(Current) Dynamic Analysis and Control of Hexapod: Symbolic Dynamic Analysis,

Optimization and Control of a 6-Degree of Freedom Hexapod system. Uses extensive

conversion of models between software packages and comparison of results.

(Current) Workspace Analysis of parallel platform manipulators: Development of a

CAD-based method for faster, more efficient calculation of constant position

workspace of Parallel Platform Manipulators.

(Current) Development of MapleSim as an educational platform: Develop an Automated

symbolic computation package, MapleSim, as an augmentation to in-class studies for

better understanding of robotics concepts. Development of Self-paced MapleSim

tutorials for the same.

Wire-cut EDM Simulator: Design, Fabrication, Assembly and Testing of Wire-cut EDM

Simulator for electro-thermal machining of thermocol sheets and related on-screen

simulation with AUTOCAD-dxf files and/or standard shapes as input. Programming

interface is an interlinked system of C++ using parallel port of PC and assembly

level programming on 89s52 microcontroller using LCD-Keyboard interface - Spring

2007.

MATLAB-AnyBody Interface for Exoskeleton Design: Use of AnyBody Bio-Modeling

Software for Muscle force estimation and consequent automated analysis and plot

generation using MATLAB GUI. Used to design an Exoskeleton Motor to operate in

Resist and/or Assist modes during a Leg-Curl Exercise - Fall 2008.

Fully Generalized Kinematic Control and Analysis of a 4RRR Parallel Manipulator

(with Graphical User Interface and Mouse Support): MATLAB GUI for MAE593 final

Project at UB - Fall 2008.

Inverted Pendulum Project: Complete analysis, linearization, discretization and

optimization of control strategies for Inverted Pendulum Experiment (by Quanser).

Implementation on real model done using Labview Software. Done as the final

project for MAE544 (Digital Control).

RELEVANT LINKS

My Website: http://sites.google.com/site/hrishahsite/

My MATLAB Page: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/authors/40706

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language) 2008 : 111/120

GRE (Graduate Record Examination) 2008: 800/800 Quantitative + 660/800 Verbal

ACEDEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Scholar's Badge awarded in 12th grade national exam for being among the top 12.5%

in India in all subjects.

Awarded certificate for topping in school in 12th grade in Mathematics.

Awarded proficiency certificate in 10th grade for being among top 12.5% in India

in four subjects.

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Organized Art of Living courses at college as well as back home (during vacation).

Senior executive of Exhibition Committee in Tathva-05, tech fest of NITC.

Senior Executive at Ragam-06, cultural fest of NITC.

Junior Executive of Transportation committee in Ragam-05, cultural fest of NITC.

Participated in inter-year volleyball competition in 1st year.

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